---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Landon Dunson Act\"; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the \"Quality Basic Education Act,\" so as to provide for a pilot program for the placement of video monitoring cameras in classrooms providing special education services; to provide for program requirements; to provide for a program evaluation; to provide for funding; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 614"
citation: "Georgia HB 614 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buzz Brockway", "Margaret Kaiser", "Sandra Scott", "Tommy Benton", "Valencia Stovall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-13"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9df4f35-3878-43e1-94e5-aa2f533f3e60"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e1226de0ff30cc5f4de842b67d41b8c6bad7fecde2e5aff1f100ac484d290b53"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 614 (2015_16) — "Landon Dunson Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 15 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous provisions under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for a pilot program for the placement of video monitoring cameras in classrooms providing special education services; to provide for program requirements; to provide for a program evaluation; to provide for funding; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 614/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162307.pdf)
2. **LC 33 6134/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151267.pdf)
3. **LC 33 6431S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156497.pdf)
4. **LC 33 6523S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158630.pdf)
5. **LC 33 6523S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157812.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 6589S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160291.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **158–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-03-13** House Hopper
- **2015-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-10** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 528 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9df4f35-3878-43e1-94e5-aa2f533f3e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).